infinity  +  106857 Thu, 09 Jun 05 08:43 AM I have a trouble with the usage of pronouns when I tell someone something I've heard from someone else. For instance, "Sara said, a tall blond girl punched a short brunette girl because the short brunette girl was kissing the tall blond girl's boyfriend. Then a tall brunette girl who was a friend of the short brunette girl punched back the tall blond girl in the tall blond girl's face." I am not sure whether the sentence above itself is OK or not. But if it's worth while, I want to know on which words I can replace with pronouns like 'she' or 'her'. Thanks in advance. infinity Joined on Sun, Apr 24 2005 Junior Member 61 Nouns, Pronouns

	Mister Micawber  +  106862 Thu, 09 Jun 05 09:01 AM Your original sentences are far too awkward, Infinity, but with all those women thrashing about, pronouns would only confuse the issue even more; you do need other shortening devices, like: 'Sara said that a tall blonde girl punched a short brunette because the latter was kissing the former's boyfriend. Then a tall brunette girl, the short brunette's friend, punched the tall blonde back in the face.' (PS: Strictly, girls are 'blonde' or 'brunette', while boys are 'blond' or 'brunet', but these distinctions have become fuzzy in English.) Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,753 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Nouns, Pronouns